Light source device and projection display system thereof

ABSTRACT

A light source device and a projection display system. The light source device comprises: a first light source ( 301 ) used for emitting a first light; a wavelength conversion unit ( 303 ) provided with at least two areas, that being a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area emitting the first light and the excited light in a time-division manner; a second light source ( 302 ) used for emitting a second light; a light splitting and merging component ( 304 ) used for guiding the first light, the excited light, and the second light, allowing the first light emitted by the wavelength conversion unit ( 303 ), the excited light, and the second light to converge and then be emitted in a same direction. The light source device increases brightness while keeping balance of the white light.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of projection technologies,and more particularly, to a light source device and a projection displaysystem.

BACKGROUND

In the existing projection technology, a blue exciting light is used toexcite a fluorescent wheel to generate excited light. As shown in FIG.1, a light source 1 emits the blue exciting light, and the fluorescentwheel 2 receives the exciting light and generates time-sequence red,green, and red excited light. After being shaped, the excited light isincident on a light modulator. The fluorescent wheel 2 includes at leastthree regions: a region for transmitting the blue exciting light, aregion for receiving the exciting light and converting it to generategreen excited light, and a region for receiving the exciting light andconverting it to generate red excited light. Since more red image lightis required in an image, using such a light source will cause brightnessof the red image light to be insufficient.

In order to compensate for the problem of insufficient red image light,a light source device with dual light sources is used. As shown in FIG.2, it includes a first light source 11 that emits blue exciting light, asecond light source 12 that emits a red exciting light, a fluorescentwheel 2, a first dichroic mirror 3, and a second dichroic mirror 4. Theexciting light generated by the first light source 11 is incident on thefluorescent wheel 2, and the fluorescent wheel 2 receives the excitinglight and converts it to generate green excited light. The green excitedlight emitted from a surface of the fluorescent wheel and the blueexciting light that is not absorbed by phosphors on the fluorescentwheel and instead is reflected on the fluorescent wheel are incident ona surface of the first dichroic mirror 3 together. This surface of thefirst dichroic mirror 3 is provided with a function of rotating ordisturbing a polarized light, such that the blue exciting lightreflected from the surface of the fluorescent wheel 2 can be effectivelyreflected by the first dichroic mirror 3. The blue exciting light andthe green excited light which are emitted from the first dichroic mirror3 are transmitted from the second dichroic mirror 4. The red excitedlight generated by the second light source 12 is reflected by the seconddichroic mirror 4 and then emitted in the same optical path direction asthe blue exciting light and the green excited light. This light sourcecan effectively compensate for the problem of insufficient brightness ofred light in the image light, but it also brings another problem that itis difficult to adjust white balance of a white light emitted from thesecond dichroic mirror 4.

In projection light sources, a problem that the white balance of theemitted white light cannot be well adjusted appears in light sources ofthe related art. On the one hand, since amount of the green light isslightly more, the overall brightness is slightly low when adjusting athroughput of the green light. On the other hand, when the throughput ofthe green light is kept constant, and a red light is increased byadjusting a current, a situation in which the light source operatesunder a high current and a high load for a long time easily occurs, sothat service life of the light source is shortened. Furthermore,increasing an amount of the red light by increasing the number of thered lights will cause an increase in a volume of the light source andthus result in an overall increase in volume and an increase in the costof a product. Therefore, how to maintain the white balance whileincreasing the brightness is a difficult technical problem that thecurrent projection needs to solve.

SUMMARY Technical Solution

A technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to providea light source device and a projection display system thereof, aiming atsolving the problem of the balance of the white light.

The present disclosure is achieved as follows. A light source device isprovided, including:

a first light source configured to emit first light;

a wavelength conversion unit having at least two regions, wherein the atleast two regions comprise a first region and a second region, the firstregion is configured to receive the first light, scatter the first lightand then emit it, and the second region is configured to receive thefirst light and be excited to generate excited light; the first regionand the second region emit the first light and the excited light in atime-sequence manner;

a second light source configured to emit second light, wherein awavelength range of the second light is within a wavelength range of theexcited light;

a light splitting-combining assembly configured to guide the firstlight, the excited light and the second light, so as to cause the firstlight to be incident on the at least two regions of the wavelengthconversion unit in a time-sequence manner and cause the first light andthe excited light which are emitted from the wavelength conversion unitand the second light to be converged and then be emitted in a samedirection.

Further, the excited light comprises light having a same color as thesecond light and light having a different color from the second light;

the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to guide the firstlight and the second light from a first side of the wavelengthconversion unit to the wavelength conversion unit, the wavelengthconversion unit is configured to emit scattered first light, the excitedlight having the same color as the second light, and the second lightfrom a second side different from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit, and the wavelength conversion unit is configured toemit the excited light having the different color from the second lightfrom the first side of the wavelength conversion unit;

the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to combine thelights in wavelength, wherein the lights comprise light emitted from thefirst side of the wavelength conversion unit and light emitted from thesecond side of the wavelength conversion unit.

Further, the excited light comprises light having a same color as thesecond light and light having a different color from the second light;

the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to guide the firstlight from a first side of the wavelength conversion unit to thewavelength conversion unit, the wavelength conversion unit is configuredto emit scattered first light from a second side different from thefirst side of the wavelength conversion unit, and the wavelengthconversion unit is further configured to emit, from the first side ofthe wavelength conversion unit, excited light generated by excitation;

the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to combine, inetendue, the light emitted from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit with the second light, and then combine, in wavelength,the light that has been combined in entedue with the light emitted fromthe second side of the wavelength conversion unit.

Further, the excited light comprises light having a same color as thesecond light and light having a different color from the second light;

the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to guide the firstlight and the second light from a first side of the wavelengthconversion unit to the wavelength conversion unit, the wavelengthconversion unit is configured to emit scattered first light, the excitedlight having the same color as the second light, and the second lightfrom the first side of the wavelength conversion unit, and thewavelength conversion unit is configured to emit the excited lighthaving the different color from the second light from a second sidedifferent from the first side of the wavelength conversion unit;

the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to combine thelights emitted from the first side and the second side of the wavelengthconversion unit.

Further, the light splitting-combining assembly comprises a lightsplitting element, a light guiding element and a light combiningelement;

the light splitting element is disposed on an emission optical path ofthe first light and is configured to transmit the first light andreflecting light emitted from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit, or transmitting the first light and the second lightand reflecting light emitted from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit;

the light guiding element is configured to guide the light, that isemitted from the light splitting element after being reflected, to thelight combining element;

the light combining element is configured to converge light guided-in bythe light guiding element and light emitted from the second side of thewavelength conversion unit into one beam of light and then emit it in asame direction;

the wavelength conversion unit is configured to emit scattered firstlight to the light splitting element or the light combining element andemit the excited light to the light splitting element, or emit at leasta portion of the excited light to the light splitting element and emit aremaining portion to the light combining element.

Further, the light splitting element comprises a first transmittingregion, a second transmitting region, and a first reflecting region;

the first light is transmitted from the first transmitting region intothe wavelength conversion unit, the second light is transmitted from thesecond transmitting region into the wavelength conversion unit, andlight emitted from the first side of the wavelength conversion unit isreflected by the first reflecting region to the light guiding element.

Further, the light guiding element comprises a first reflecting elementand a second reflecting element, the first light is transmitted from thelight splitting element to be incident on the wavelength conversionunit, and the second light is transmitted from the second reflectingelement into the light combining element;

the first reflecting element is disposed on an optical path of at leasta portion of excited light emitted by the light splitting element, andis configured to reflect at least the portion of the excited light intothe second reflecting element;

the second reflecting element comprises a third transmitting region anda second reflecting region, the third transmitting region is configuredto transmit the second light into the light combining element, and thesecond reflecting region is configured to reflect at least a portion ofexcited light, that is reflected from the first reflecting element, tothe light combining element.

Further, the light source device further includes a control unit, andthe control unit is configured to control the first light source and thesecond light source to be turned on or turned off in a time-sequencemanner.

Further, during one rotation cycle of the wavelength conversion unit,the control unit is configured to control the first light source to bemaintained in a turned-on state in one cycle, and control the secondlight source to be in a turned-on state only during a periodcorresponding to a portion of the second region of the wavelengthconversion unit.

Further, the second region comprises at least a first sub-region and asecond sub-region, the first sub-region is provided with a redfluorescent material, and the second sub-region is provided with a greenfluorescent material;

during one rotation cycle of the wavelength conversion unit, the controlunit is configured to control the first light source to be maintained ina turned-on state in one cycle, and the control unit is configured tocontrol the second light source to be in a turned-on state during aperiod corresponding to the first sub-region of the wavelengthconversion unit and in the turned-on state during a period correspondingto a portion of the second sub-region of the wavelength conversion unit.

Further, the second region comprises at least a first sub-region and asecond sub-region, and the first sub-region and the second sub-regionare respectively provided with different wavelength conversionmaterials.

Further, the first sub-region is configured to receive the first lightand be excited to generate excited light of a first wavelength range,and the excited light of the first wavelength range is transmitted fromthe first sub-region; the second sub-region is configured to receive thefirst light and be excited to generate excited light of a secondwavelength range, and the excited light of the second wavelength rangeis reflected and emitted from the second sub-region;

or, the first sub-region is configured to receive the first light and beexcited to generate excited light of a first wavelength range, theexcited light of the first wavelength range and the second light aretransmitted from the first sub-region, the second sub-region isconfigured to receive the first light and be excited to generate excitedlight of the second wavelength range, and the excited light of thesecond wavelength range is reflected and emitted from the secondsub-region.

Further, the second sub-region comprises a transmitting sub-region and areflecting sub-region, the transmitting sub-region is configured totransmit the second light, and the reflecting sub-region is configuredto reflect the excited light of the second wavelength range.

Further, the light source device further includes a light filter unit,and the light filter unit is disposed in a direction of an emissionlight of the light splitting-combining assembly, and is configured tofilter and emit the converged light.

The present disclosure also provides a projection display system, andthe projection display system includes the light source device describedin any one of the aspects above.

Beneficial Effect

Compared with the related art, the present disclosure has followingbeneficial effects. The light source device generates an excited lightby being excited by a first light source incident on a wavelengthconversion unit. A combined light of the excited light and the firstlight is a white light. That is, the combined light of the excited lightand the first light includes light of three primary colors required forimaging an image. The second light emitted by the second light sourcehas a wavelength range that is within a wavelength range of the excitedlight, and it can supplement a light of a certain wavelength range inthe excited light, thereby increasing the brightness. Moreover, becausethe excited light and the first light which are emitted from thewavelength conversion unit and the second light are combined into awhite light, the balance of the white light can be well adjusted, whichnot only ensures the brightness but also effectively controls the numberof the light sources and the time during which the light source isturned-on.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a light source in therelated art;

FIG. 2 is another structural schematic diagram of a light source in therelated art;

FIG. 3 is a structural schematic diagram of a light source deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a wavelength conversion unitin the light source device of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a time sequence of lighting of afirst light source and a second light source in the light source deviceof FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing another time sequence of lightingof a first light source and a second light source in the light sourcedevice of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is another structural schematic diagram of a light source deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a reflecting element in the lightsource device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a wavelength conversion unitin the light source device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of a wavelength conversionunit in the light source device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is still another structural schematic diagram of a light sourcedevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a light splitting element in the lightsource device of FIG. 11;

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure will be further described in detail belowreferring to the accompanying drawings and embodiments in order to makethe objects, technical solutions and advantages of the presentdisclosure more understandable and clear. It is understood that thespecific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of thepresent disclosure and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

A light source device of the present disclosure uses two kinds of lightsources, which are a first light source and a second light source,respectively. The first light source generates exciting light, and theexciting light excites a wavelength conversion unit to generate excitedlight. The light emitted by the time-sequence light emitted from thewavelength conversion unit in one cycle is combined into white light.The second light source generates second light, and the second light isused as supplemental light. The time-sequence light emitted from thewavelength conversion unit is combined with the second light, tosupplement light of a certain wavelength range in the image light. Thefirst light emitted by the first light source and the second lightemitted by the second light source may both pass through the wavelengthconversion unit and then be emitted; or, it is possible that the firstlight emitted by the first light source passes through the wavelengthconversion unit, while the second light emitted by the second lightsource doesn't pass through the wavelength conversion unit. The lightsemitted by the light sources in these two arrangement modes are combinedby a light splitting-combining assembly. Since the combined light of thelight emitted by the time-sequence light emitted from the wavelengthconversion unit in one cycle is the white light, the white balance afterthe white light and the second light are combined is better.

The light source device of the present disclosure includes a first lightsource, a second light source, a wavelength conversion unit, and a lightsplitting-combining assembly. Specifically, the first light source isused for emitting first light; the wavelength conversion unit has atleast two regions, the at least two regions are a first region and asecond region, the first region receives the first light, scatters thefirst light and then emits it, and the second region receives the firstlight and is excited to generate excited light, and the first region andthe second region emit the first light and the excited light in atime-sequence manner; the second light source is used for emittingsecond light, and a wavelength range of the second light is within awavelength range of the excited light; the light splitting-combiningassembly is used for guiding the first light, the excited light and thesecond light, so as to cause the first light to be incident on the atleast two regions of the wavelength conversion unit in a time sequenceand cause the first light and the excited light which are emitted fromthe wavelength conversion unit and the second light to converge and thenbe emitted in the same direction.

The wavelength range of the second light is within the wavelength rangeof the exited light. That is, a color of the second light is the same asa color of at least a portion of the excited light. For example, thecolor of the second light is red, and the color of the excited light maybe yellow, red and green or magenta. As another example, the color ofthe second light is green, and the color of the excited light may beyellow, red, green or cyan.

The light-emitting device can provide primary lights of an image to bedisplayed by time-sequence combining the exciting light and the excitedlight which are emitted from the wavelength conversion unit. On thisbasis, the second light is added as a supplemental light, and thesupplemental light and the excited light and the first light can achievea better white balance, thereby making up for the brightness andchromaticity of a certain component of light in the image.

On the basis of the above light source device, the excited lightgenerated by exciting the wavelength conversion unit includes lighthaving the same color as the second light and light having a differentcolor from the second light. The light splitting-combining assemblyguides the first light and the second light from a first side of thewavelength conversion unit to the wavelength conversion unit, thewavelength conversion unit emits the scattered first light, the excitedlight having the same color as the second light, and the second lightfrom a second side of the wavelength conversion unit different from thefirst side, and the wavelength conversion unit emits the excited lighthaving a different color from the second light from the first side ofthe wavelength conversion unit. The light splitting-combining assemblycombines in wavelength the lights emitted from the first side and thesecond side of the wavelength conversion unit.

The idea of wavelength-combining is to combine various beams of lightinto one beam of light according to characteristics of the differentwavelength ranges of the incident lights. Specifically, a light of acertain wavelength range can be transmitted from a same optical element,and a light in a certain wavelength range can be reflected from the sameoptical element, such that lights incident from different directions areeventually emitted from the same direction.

The above technical solution can be properly modified to obtain afollowing technical solution.

The light splitting-combining assembly guides the first light from afirst side of the wavelength conversion unit to the wavelengthconversion unit, the wavelength conversion unit emits the scatteredfirst light from a second side of the wavelength conversion unitdifferent from the first side, and the wavelength conversion unit alsoemits, from the first side of the wavelength conversion unit, an excitedlight generated by excitation. The light splitting-combining assemblycombines in etendue the light emitted from the first side of thewavelength conversion unit and the second light, and then combines inwavelength the light that has been etendue-combined with the lightemitted from the second side of the wavelength conversion unit.

The etendue-combining is to combine several kinds of lights based on aprinciple of conservation of the optical etendue. For example, one kindof the light can be emitted from a certain region of an optical elementand the other lights are emitted from other regions of the opticalelement other than the above certain region, such that all the lightsare converged into one beam of light after passing through the opticalelement, and then emitted.

The above technical solution can be properly modified to obtain afollowing technical solution.

The light splitting-combining assembly guides the first light and thesecond light from a first side of the wavelength conversion unit to thewavelength conversion unit, the wavelength conversion unit emits thescattered first light, the excited light having the same color as thesecond light, and the second light from a first side of the wavelengthconversion unit, and the wavelength conversion unit also emits theexcited light having a different color from the second light from asecond side of the wavelength conversion unit different from the firstside. The light splitting-combining assembly combines the light emittedfrom the first side and the light emitted from the second side of thewavelength conversion unit.

Specifically, when the light splitting-combining assembly guides thefirst light and the second light from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit to the wavelength conversion unit, it can split thelight using the etendue. That is, according to the principle of theetendue, the first light and the second light is caused to betransmitted from a certain small region of the optical element, and thelight emitted from the first side of the wavelength conversion unit iscaused to be reflected from other regions of the optical element.

The light source device of the present disclosure can be classifiedbased on the above embodiments, and a number of specific embodiments canbe evolved as follows.

Referring to FIG. 3, a light source device is provided, including afirst light source 301, a second light source 302, a wavelengthconversion unit 303, and a light splitting-combining assembly 304. Thefirst light source 301 is used to emit first light. The wavelengthconversion unit 303 has at least two regions. The at least two regionsare a first region and a second region. The first region receives thefirst light, scatters the first light and then emits it. The secondregion receives the first light and is excited to generate excitedlight. The second light source 302 is used to emit second light, and awavelength range of the second light is within a wavelength range of theexcited light. The light splitting-combining assembly 304 is used forsplitting the first light, the second light, and the light emitted fromone side of the wavelength conversion unit into at least two mutuallydifferent optical paths for propagation, and is also used for convergingthe light emitted from the wavelength conversion unit and the secondlight to cause the converged light to be emitted in the same direction.

The light splitting-combining assembly 304 includes a light splittingelement 305, a light guiding element, and a light combining element 306.The light splitting element 305 is disposed on an emission optical pathof the first light, for transmitting the first light and reflecting atleast a portion of the excited light, or for transmitting the firstlight and the second light and reflecting at least a portion of theexcited light. The light guiding element guides the excited light, whichis reflected by and then emitted from the light splitting element 305,to the light combining element 306. The light combining element 306converges the excited guided-in by the light guiding element, the secondlight and the light transmitted from the wavelength conversion unit 303into one beam of light and then emits them in the same direction.

In particular, the light guiding element can include a first reflectingelement 307 and a second reflecting element 308. The first reflectingelement 307 is disposed in an optical path of at least a portion of theexcited light emitted by the light splitting element 305 and reflects atleast the portion of the excited light into the second reflectingelement 308. The second reflecting element 308 reflects at least aportion of the excited light, that is reflected from the firstreflecting element 307, to the light combining element 306.

Each of the first light source 301 and the second light source 302 maybe a laser source, an LED light source, or the like. For example, thefirst light source 301 is a blue laser source, and the second lightsource 302 is a red laser source.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the wavelength conversion unit 303 hastwo regions, which are respectively a first region 3031 and a secondregion. The second region includes a first sub-region 3032 and a secondsub-region 3033. The first region 3031 receives the first light,scatters the first light and then emits it. The first sub-region 3032receives the first light and is excited to generate excited light of onewavelength range. The second sub-region 3033 receives the first lightand is excited to generate excited light of another wavelength range.For example, the first region 3031 is a transmitting region and isprovided with a scattering material. The first region 3031 receives thefirst light and scatters the first light, and the scattered first lightis emitted from this region in a transmissive manner. When the firstlight is a blue exciting light, the light emitted from the first region3031 in a transmissive manner is the blue exciting light. The firstsub-region 3032 is provided with a red fluorescent material, and thisregion is a transmitting region. The first sub-region 3032 receives thefirst light and is excited to generate red excited light, and the redexcited light is emitted from this region in a transmissive manner. Thesecond sub-region 3033 is provided with a green fluorescent material,and this region is a reflecting region. The second sub-region 3033receives the first light and is excited to generate green excited light,and the green excited light is emitted from this region in a reflectivemanner.

In combination with the various embodiments described above, the lightsource device further includes a control unit. The control unit is usedto control the first light source 301 and the second light source 302 tobe turned on or off in a time sequence. In the case where the imagelight color and brightness are satisfied, the control unit controls thefirst and second light sources 301, 302 to be turned on in a timesequence to save electrical energy, and the life of the light source canbe extended.

In combination with the various embodiments described above, the secondregion of the wavelength conversion unit 303 includes at least twosub-regions, which are a first sub-region 3032 and a second sub-region3033, respectively. The first sub-region 3032 and the second sub-region3033 are respectively provided with different wavelength conversionmaterials. The first sub-region 3032 receives the first light and isexcited to generate excited light of a first wavelength range, and theexcited light of the first wavelength range is transmitted from thefirst sub-region 3032; the second sub-region 3033 receives the firstlight and is excited to generate excited light of a second wavelengthrange, and the excited light of the second wavelength range is reflectedfrom the second sub-region 3033. Or, the first sub-region 3032 receivesthe first light and is excited to generate excited light of a firstwavelength range, and the excited light of the first wavelength rangeand the second light are transmitted from the first sub-region 3032; thesecond sub-region 3033 receives the first light and is excited togenerate excited light of a second wavelength range, and the excitedlight of the second wavelength range is reflected from the secondsub-region 3033.

In order to further increase the brightness, the second sub-region ofthe reflection type may be modified, and a portion of the secondsub-region of the reflection type is modified as a transmitting region.That is, the second sub-region includes a transmitting sub-region and areflecting sub-region. A small portion of the second region is thetransmitting sub-region, and the remaining portion is the reflectingsub-region. The transmitting sub-region is for transmitting the secondlight, and the reflecting sub-region is for reflecting the excited lightof the second wavelength range.

As shown in FIG. 5, a schematic diagram showing a time sequence oflighting of the first light source 301 and the second light source 302in the light source device is illustrated. In one rotation cycle of thewavelength conversion unit 303, the control unit controls the firstlight source 301 to be always in the on state in the whole cycle, andthe control unit controls the second light source 302 to be in an onstate only during a period corresponding to a portion of the secondregion of the wavelength conversion unit 303.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 3 through FIG. 5 and taking a case inwhich the first light source 301 emits a blue exciting light, and thesecond light source 302 emits a red exciting light as an example, thecontrol unit controls the first light source 301 to be in the on statein all three regions of the wavelength conversion unit 303; the controlunit controls the second light source 302 to be in the on state onlyduring a period corresponding to a portion of the second region of thewavelength conversion unit and in an off state during a periodcorresponding to the remaining region. In a time-cycle T during whichthe wavelength conversion unit 303 rotates for one circle, within a timeperiod corresponding to the first region 3031, the blue exciting lightemitted by the first light source 301 is incident on the light splittingelement 305 and transmitted from the light splitting element 305 intothe first region 3031, and the blue exciting light is scattered by thefirst region 3031 and then emitted in a transmissive manner. In a timeperiod corresponding to the first sub-region 3032, the blue excitinglight emitted by the first light source 301 is incident on the lightsplitting element 305 and transmitted from the light splitting element305 into the first sub-region 3032, and the first sub-region 3032receives the blue exciting light and is excited to generate red excitedlight, and the red excited light is transmitted from the firstsub-region 3032 and emitted therefrom; the red exciting light emitted bythe second light source 302 is incident on the light splitting element305 and transmitted from the light splitting element 305 into the firstsub-region 3032, and the first sub-region 3032 scatters the red excitinglight and then emits it in a transmissive manner. In a time periodcorresponding to the second sub-region 3033, the blue exciting lightemitted by the first light source 301 is incident on the light splittingelement 305 and transmitted from the light splitting element 305 intothe second sub-region 3033. The second sub-region 3033 receives the blueexciting light and is excited to generate green excited light, and thegreen excited light is emitted in a reflective manner from the secondsub-region 3033 to the light splitting element 305. The light splittingelement 305 reflects the green excited light into the first reflectingelement 307, and the green excited light is reflected by the first andsecond reflecting elements 307, 308 and then enters into the lightcombining element 306. The light emitted from the light combiningelement 306 is filtered by a light filter unit 309 and then enters aspatial light modulator and is modulated.

A schematic diagram showing another time-sequence of lighting of thefirst light source 301 and the second light source 302 in the lightsource device is shown in FIG. 6. The wavelength conversion unit 303includes a first region 3031, a first sub-region 3032, and a secondsub-region 3033. The first sub-region 3032 is provided with a redfluorescent material, and the second sub-region 3033 is provided with agreen fluorescent material. In one rotation cycle T of the wavelengthconversion unit 303, the control unit controls the first light source301 to be always in the on state in the whole cycle, and the controlunit controls the second light source 302 to be in the on state during aperiod corresponding to the first sub-region 3032 of the wavelengthconversion unit 303 and in the on state during a period corresponding toa portion of the second sub-region 3033 of the wavelength conversionunit 303. Since the first light source 301 is always in the on state inone cycle of the wavelength conversion unit 303, in practicalapplications, an excitation amount of the excited light can becontrolled by adjusting a driving current of the first light source 301.That is, driving current values of the first light source 301 aredifferent in the respective regions of the wavelength conversion unit303 or different in the periods corresponding to the respectivesub-regions.

In the time cycle T in which the wavelength conversion unit 303 rotatesfor one circle, within the time period corresponding to the first region3031, the blue exciting light emitted by the first light source 301 isincident on the light splitting element 305 and transmitted from thelight splitting element 305 into the first region 3031, and the blueexciting light is scattered in the first region 3031 and then is emittedin a transmissive manner. In the time period corresponding to the firstsub-region 3032, the blue exciting light emitted by the first lightsource 301 is incident on the light splitting element 305 andtransmitted from the light splitting element 305 into the firstsub-region 3032. The first sub-region 3032 receives the blue excitinglight and is excited to generate red excited light, and the red excitedlight is transmitted from the first sub-region 3032 and emittedtherefrom. The red exciting light emitted by the second light source 302is incident on the light splitting element 305 and transmitted from thelight splitting element 305 into the first sub-region 3032. The firstsub-region 3032 scatters the red exciting light and then emits it in atransmissive manner. In the time period corresponding to the secondsub-region 3033, the blue exciting light emitted by the first lightsource 301 is incident on the light splitting element 305 andtransmitted from the light splitting element 305 into the secondsub-region 3033. The second sub-region 3033 receives the blue excitinglight and is excited to generate green excited light, and the greenexcited light is emitted in a reflective manner from the secondsub-region 3033 to the light splitting element 305. The light splittingelement 305 reflects the green excited light into the first reflectingelement 307, and the green excited light is reflected by the first andsecond reflecting elements 307, 308 and the enters into the lightcombining element 306. During a period corresponding to a portion of thesecond sub-region 3033, the red exciting light emitted by the secondlight source 302 is incident on the light splitting element 305 andtransmitted from the light splitting element 305 into the secondsub-region 3033, and a corresponding region of the second sub-region3033, into which the red excited light enters, transmits the redexciting light. It can be understood that a partial region of the secondsub-region 3033 is set as a transmitting region that transmits the redexciting light, and a partial region thereof is set as a reflectingregion that reflects the green excited light.

Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, FIG. 7 is another structural schematicdiagram of a light source device according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, and FIG. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of areflecting element. In this embodiment, positions of the first lightsource 401 and the second light source 402 are not in the same plane,and the second light emitted by the second light source 402 directlyenters into a light combining element 406 without passing through thewavelength conversion unit 303. The above time-sequence turning onmanner in which the control unit controls the first light source and thesecond light source is also applicable to this embodiment. The lightsource device includes a first light source 401, a second light source402, a wavelength conversion element 403, and a lightsplitting-combining assembly. The light splitting-combining assemblyincludes a light splitting element 405, a light combining element 406,and a light guiding element.

First light emitted by the first light source 401 is transmitted fromthe light splitting element 405 into the wavelength conversion unit 403.The wavelength conversion unit 403 has at least two regions. The atleast two regions include a first region and a second region. The firstregion receives the first light, scatters the first light and then emitsit in a transmissive manner. The second region receives the first lightand is excited to generate excited light of at least one wavelengthrange. At least a portion of the excited light is reflected from thewavelength conversion unit 403 into the light splitting element 405. Theexcited light entering the light splitting element 405 is reflected andenters into the light guiding element. The light guiding element guidesat least a portion of the excited light into the light combining element406. The excited light, which is generated by the wavelength conversionunit 403 that is excited, can also be transmitted from the wavelengthconversion unit 403 into the light combining element 406. Second lightemitted by the second light source 402 is guided by the light guidingelement into the light combining element 406. The light combiningelement 406 converges the incident first light, the second light, andthe excited light, and then emits them in the same direction.

On the basis of the above embodiments, the light guiding element mayinclude a first reflecting element 407 and a second reflecting element408. The first light is transmitted from the light splitting element 405into the wavelength conversion unit 403, and the second light istransmitted from the second reflecting element 408 into the lightcombining element 406. The first reflecting element 407 is disposed inan optical path of at least a portion of the excited light emitted bythe light splitting element 405, and it reflects at least the portion ofthe excited light into the second reflecting element 408. The secondreflecting element 408 includes a third transmitting region 4081 and asecond reflecting region 4082. The third transmitting region 4081transmits the second light into the light combining element 406. Thesecond reflecting region 4082 reflects at least a portion of the excitedlight, which is reflected from the first reflecting element 407, to thelight combining element 406.

In combination with the above various embodiments, the light sourcedevice further includes a light filter unit 409. The light filter unit409 is disposed on a direction of the emission light of the lightcombining assembly 406, filters the converged light and emits it.

In combination with the above various embodiments, the wavelengthconversion unit 403 has two regions. As shown in FIG. 9, the two regionsof the wavelength conversion unit 403 are a first region 4031 and asecond region 4032, respectively. The first region 4031 is provided witha blue fluorescent material, and it emits light incident on this regionin a transmissive manner; or, the first region 4031 is provided with ascattering material, scatters the light incident on this region andemits it in a reflective manner. The second region 4032 is provided witha yellow fluorescent material and is excited by light incident on thisregion so as to generate yellow excited light, and the yellow excitedlight is emitted in a reflective manner; or, the light incident on thesecond region 4032 is reflected and then emitted directly withoutgenerating excited light.

As shown in FIG. 10, the wavelength conversion unit 403 has fourregions, and the four regions of the wavelength conversion unit 403 area first region 4031, a third region 4033, a fourth region 4034, and afifth region 4035, respectively. The first region 4031 is provided witha blue fluorescent material, and light incident on this region isemitted in a transmissive manner; or, the first region 4031 is providedwith a scattering material, scatters the light incident on this regionand emits it in a reflective manner. The third region 4033 is providedwith a red fluorescent material, and it is excited by the light incidenton this region to generate red excited light, and the red excited lightis emitted in a reflective manner. The fourth region 4034 is providedwith a green fluorescent material, and it is excited by the lightincident on this region to generate green excited light, and the greenexcited light is emitted in a reflective manner. The fifth region 4035is provided with a yellow fluorescent material, and it is excited by thelight incidenton this region to generate yellow excited light, and theyellow excited light is emitted in a reflective manner.

Referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 11 is still another structural schematicdiagram of the light source device. The light source device includes afirst light source 501, a second light source 502, a wavelengthconversion unit 503, and a light splitting-combining assembly. The firstlight source 501 is used to emit first light. The wavelength conversionunit 503 has at least two regions, and the at least two regions includea first region and a second region. The first region receives the firstlight, scatters the first light and then emits it. The second regionreceives the first light and is excited to generate excited light of atleast one wavelength range. For example, the second region of thewavelength conversion unit 503 receives the first light and is excitedto generate yellow excited light. As another example, the second regionof the wavelength conversion unit 503 receives the first light and isexcited to generate red excited light and green excited light. It can beunderstood that the red excited light is excited light of a wavelengthrange, and the green excited light is excited light of anotherwavelength range, and the yellow excited light is excited light of stillanother wavelength range. That is, when the wavelength range of thegenerated excited light is divided, the color displayed by the excitedlight is used as a boundary. The second light source 502 is used to emitsecond light, and a wavelength range of the second light is in thewavelength range of the excited light. That is to say, the first lightand the excited light generated by excitation of the first light includethree primary colors of red, green, and blue required for an imagedisplay, and the second light emitted by the second light source 502 isused to supplement the image light. The light splitting-combiningassembly is used to converge the light emitted from the wavelengthconversion unit 503 and the second light, to cause the converged lightto be emitted in the same direction.

The light splitting-combining assembly includes a light splittingelement 505, a light combining element 506, a first reflecting element507 and a second reflecting element 508. The light splitting element 505is disposed on an emission optical path of the first light, fortransmitting the first light and the second light and reflecting atleast a portion of the excited light. The first and second reflectingelements 507 and 508 guide the excited light, which is emitted from thelight splitting element 305 in a reflective manner, to the lightcombining element 306. Specifically, the first reflecting element 507 isdisposed in the optical path of at least a portion of the excited lightemitted by the light splitting element 505, and it reflects at least theportion of the excited light into the second reflecting element 508. Thesecond reflecting element 508 reflects at least a portion of the excitedlight, which is reflected from the first reflecting element 507, to thelight combining element 506. The light combining element 506 convergesthe incident first light, the excited light, and the second light intoone beam of light and then emits it in the same direction.

Referring to FIG. 12, the light splitting element 505 includes a firsttransmitting region 5051, a second transmitting region 5052, and a firstreflecting region 5053. First light emitted by the first light source501 is transmitted from the first transmitting region 5051 into thewavelength conversion unit 503. Second light emitted by the second lightsource 502 is transmitted from the second transmitting region 5052 intothe wavelength conversion unit 503. The first reflecting region 5053 isfor reflecting at least a portion of the excited light. The excitedlight emitted from the wavelength conversion unit 503 in a reflectivemanner is incident on the first reflection region 5053 and is emitted ina reflective manner.

In combination with the above various embodiments, the light sourcedevice may further include a light filter unit 509 and a lightmodulating unit 510. The light filter unit 509 is disposed in theemission light of the light combining element 506, filters the lightconverged by the light combining element 506 and emits it. The lightmodulating unit 510 is disposed in an emission direction of thetransmitted light of the light splitting element 505, focuses theincident light and then emits it to the wavelength conversion unit 503,and emits the light, which is reflected by the wavelength conversionunit 503, to the light splitting element 505 in parallel. The lightmodulating unit 510 can be a lens.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a projectiondisplay system, and the projection display system includes the lightsource device of any of the above embodiments.

What have been described above are only embodiments of the presentdisclosure, and it should be noted herein that one ordinary personskilled in the art can make improvements without departing from theinventive concept of the present disclosure, but these are all withinthe scope of the present disclosure.

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 16. A light source device, comprising: a first lightsource configured to emit first light; a wavelength conversion unithaving at least two regions, wherein the at least two regions comprise afirst region and a second region, the first region is configured toreceive the first light, scatter the first light and then emit it, andthe second region is configured to receive the first light and beexcited to generate excited light; the first region and the secondregion emit the first light and the excited light in a time-sequencemanner; a second light source configured to emit second light, wherein awavelength range of the second light is within a wavelength range of theexcited light; a light splitting-combining assembly configured to guidethe first light, the excited light and the second light, so as to causethe first light to be incident on the at least two regions of thewavelength conversion unit in a time-sequence manner and cause the firstlight and the excited light which are emitted from the wavelengthconversion unit and the second light to be converged and then be emittedin a same direction.
 17. The light source device according to claim 16,wherein the excited light comprises light having a same color as thesecond light and light having a different color from the second light;the light splitting-combining assembly is configured to guide the firstlight and the second light from a first side of the wavelengthconversion unit to the wavelength conversion unit, the wavelengthconversion unit is configured to emit scattered first light, the excitedlight having the same color as the second light, and the second lightfrom a second side different from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit, and the wavelength conversion unit is configured toemit the excited light having the different color from the second lightfrom the first side of the wavelength conversion unit; the lightsplitting-combining assembly is configured to combine the lights inwavelength, wherein the lights comprise light emitted from the firstside of the wavelength conversion unit and light emitted from the secondside of the wavelength conversion unit.
 18. The light source deviceaccording to claim 16, wherein the excited light comprises light havinga same color as the second light and light having a different color fromthe second light; the light splitting-combining assembly is configuredto guide the first light from a first side of the wavelength conversionunit to the wavelength conversion unit, the wavelength conversion unitis configured to emit scattered first light from a second side differentfrom the first side of the wavelength conversion unit, and thewavelength conversion unit is further configured to emit, from the firstside of the wavelength conversion unit, excited light generated byexcitation; the light splitting-combining assembly is configured tocombine, in etendue, the light emitted from the first side of thewavelength conversion unit with the second light, and then combine, inwavelength, the light that has been combined in entedue with the lightemitted from the second side of the wavelength conversion unit.
 19. Thelight source device according to claim 16, wherein the excited lightcomprises light having a same color as the second light and light havinga different color from the second light; the light splitting-combiningassembly is configured to guide the first light and the second lightfrom a first side of the wavelength conversion unit to the wavelengthconversion unit, the wavelength conversion unit is configured to emitscattered first light, the excited light having the same color as thesecond light, and the second light from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit, and the wavelength conversion unit is configured toemit the excited light having the different color from the second lightfrom a second side different from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit; the light splitting-combining assembly is configured tocombine the lights emitted from the first side and the second side ofthe wavelength conversion unit.
 20. The light source device according toclaim 17, wherein the light splitting-combining assembly comprises alight splitting element, a light guiding element and a light combiningelement; the light splitting element is disposed on an emission opticalpath of the first light and is configured to transmit the first lightand the second light and reflecting light emitted from the first side ofthe wavelength conversion unit; the light guiding element is configuredto guide the light, that is emitted from the light splitting elementafter being reflected, to the light combining element; the lightcombining element is configured to converge light guided-in by the lightguiding element and light emitted from the second side of the wavelengthconversion unit into one beam of light and then emit it in a samedirection; the wavelength conversion unit is configured to emitscattered first light to the light combining element and emit at least aportion of the excited light to the light splitting element and emit aremaining portion to the light combining element.
 21. The light sourcedevice according to claim 18, wherein the light splitting-combiningassembly comprises a light splitting element, a light guiding elementand a light combining element; the light splitting element is disposedon an emission optical path of the first light and is configured totransmit the first light and reflecting light emitted from the firstside of the wavelength conversion unit; the light guiding element isconfigured to guide the light, that is emitted from the light splittingelement after being reflected, to the light combining element; the lightcombining element is configured to converge light guided-in by the lightguiding element and light emitted from the second side of the wavelengthconversion unit into one beam of light and then emit it in a samedirection; the wavelength conversion unit is configured to emitscattered first light to the light combining element and emit theexcited light to the light splitting element.
 22. The light sourcedevice according to any one of claims 19, wherein the lightsplitting-combining assembly comprises a light splitting element, alight guiding element and a light combining element; the light splittingelement is disposed on an emission optical path of the first light andis configured to transmit the first light and the second light andreflecting light emitted from the first side of the wavelengthconversion unit; the light guiding element is configured to guide thelight, that is emitted from the light splitting element after beingreflected, to the light combining element; the light combining elementis configured to converge light guided-in by the light guiding elementand light emitted from the second side of the wavelength conversion unitinto one beam of light and then emit it in a same direction; thewavelength conversion unit is configured to emit scattered first lightto the light splitting element and emit at least a portion of theexcited light to the light splitting element and emit a remainingportion to the light combining element.
 23. The light source deviceaccording to claim 20, wherein the light splitting element comprises afirst transmitting region, a second transmitting region, and a firstreflecting region; the first light is transmitted from the firsttransmitting region into the wavelength conversion unit, the secondlight is transmitted from the second transmitting region into thewavelength conversion unit, and light emitted from the first side of thewavelength conversion unit is reflected by the first reflecting regionto the light guiding element.
 24. The light source device according toclaim 21, wherein the light guiding element comprises a first reflectingelement and a second reflecting element, the first light is transmittedfrom the light splitting element to be incident on the wavelengthconversion unit, and the second light is transmitted from the secondreflecting element into the light combining element; the firstreflecting element is disposed on an optical path of at least a portionof excited light emitted by the light splitting element, and isconfigured to reflect at least the portion of the excited light into thesecond reflecting element; the second reflecting element comprises athird transmitting region and a second reflecting region, the thirdtransmitting region is configured to transmit the second light into thelight combining element, and the second reflecting region is configuredto reflect at least a portion of excited light, that is reflected fromthe first reflecting element, to the light combining element.
 25. Thelight source device according to claim 16, further comprising a controlunit, and the control unit is configured to control the first lightsource and the second light source to be turned on or turned off in atime-sequence manner.
 26. The light source device according to claim 25,wherein during one rotation cycle of the wavelength conversion unit, thecontrol unit is configured to control the first light source to bemaintained in a turned-on state in one cycle, and control the secondlight source to be in a turned-on state only during a periodcorresponding to a portion of the second region of the wavelengthconversion unit.
 27. The light source device according to claim 25,wherein the second region comprises at least a first sub-region and asecond sub-region, the first sub-region is provided with a redfluorescent material, and the second sub-region is provided with a greenfluorescent material; during one rotation cycle of the wavelengthconversion unit, the control unit is configured to control the firstlight source to be maintained in a turned-on state in one cycle, and thecontrol unit is configured to control the second light source to be in aturned-on state during a period corresponding to the first sub-region ofthe wavelength conversion unit and in the turned-on state during aperiod corresponding to a portion of the second sub-region of thewavelength conversion unit.
 28. The light source device according toclaim 27, wherein driving current values of the first light source aredifferent in time periods respectively corresponding to the first regionof the wavelength conversion unit, the first sub-region of thewavelength conversion unit and the second sub-region of the wavelengthconversion unit.
 29. The light source device according to claim 16,wherein the second region comprises at least a first sub-region and asecond sub-region, and the first sub-region and the second sub-regionare respectively provided with different wavelength conversionmaterials.
 30. The light source device according to claim 29, whereinthe first sub-region is configured to receive the first light and beexcited to generate excited light of a first wavelength range, and theexcited light of the first wavelength range is transmitted from thefirst sub-region; the second sub-region is configured to receive thefirst light and be excited to generate excited light of a secondwavelength range, and the excited light of the second wavelength rangeis reflected and emitted from the second sub-region or, the firstsub-region is configured to receive the first light and be excited togenerate excited light of a first wavelength range, the excited light ofthe first wavelength range and the second light are transmitted from thefirst sub-region, the second sub-region is configured to receive thefirst light and be excited to generate excited light of the secondwavelength range, and the excited light of the second wavelength rangeis reflected and emitted from the second sub-region.
 31. The lightsource device according to claim 30, wherein the second sub-regioncomprises a transmitting sub-region and a reflecting sub-region, thetransmitting sub-region is configured to transmit the second light, andthe reflecting sub-region is configured to reflect the excited light ofthe second wavelength range.
 32. The light source device according toclaim 16, further comprising a light filter unit, and the light filterunit is disposed in a direction of an emission light of the lightsplitting-combining assembly, and is configured to filter and emit theconverged light.
 33. A projection display system, comprising a lightsource device, the light source device comprising: a first light sourceconfigured to emit first light; a wavelength conversion unit having atleast two regions, wherein the at least two regions comprise a firstregion and a second region, the first region is configured to receivethe first light, scatter the first light and then emit it, and thesecond region is configured to receive the first light and be excited togenerate excited light; the first region and the second region emit thefirst light and the excited light in a time-sequence manner; a secondlight source configured to emit second light, wherein a wavelength rangeof the second light is within a wavelength range of the excited light; alight splitting-combining assembly configured to guide the first light,the excited light and the second light, so as to cause the first lightto be incident on the at least two regions of the wavelength conversionunit in a time-sequence manner and cause the first light, the excitedlight which is emitted from the wavelength conversion unit and thesecond light to be converged and then be emitted in a same direction.